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Nancy Jo Craig’s Lifetime Achievement Award In Nonprofit Computer Refurbishment

Tech Soup

This year the award went to Nancy Jo Craig who runs the nonprofit Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council (CACRC) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. When she ran the Nature Conservancy in Louisiana, 200,000 acres were set aside. All of southern Louisiana had been hit. It was not an easy road for Nancy. It as a lucky thing they did.

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NetSquared Celebrates Progress and Looks Forward to 2015

Tech Soup

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN’s Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. New Orleans, Louisiana: December Meetup: Topic TBA. New York, New York: 501 Tech NYC Holiday Gathering 2014. Naples, Florida: NFN4Good Tech Club for Southwest Florida.

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Your Local Tech4Good Club Is Ready to Help

Tech Soup

So don't be nervous — we're ready to create amazing tech training and networking events in your community! This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. New Orleans, Louisiana: The Maker's Movement in NOLA Is Making Waves.

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Need Hands-on Help? NetSquared's Free Workshops Are in Your Community

Tech Soup

That's why TechSoup supports a global network of tech trainers called NetSquared. NetSquared groups focus on topics that address their unique local tech challenges, but once a quarter, we select a common theme. New Orleans, Louisiana: Glossophobics Anonymous (or How to Hone your Public Speaking Skills). Monday, June 5, 2017.

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Ushahidi Develops Innovative Tools for Nonprofits and Others Working to Benefit the Public

Tech Soup

One of TechSoup's less-known areas of work has been to support and promote the work of other tech-for-good organizations, like Ushahidi in Kenya. The Louisiana Bucket Brigade (LABB), for instance, has used Ushahidi to document the impacts of oil spills and other petrochemical pollution on human health and the environment.

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Social Media September Tweet Chatting Around the World September 18

Tech Soup

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Noon Central time / 1:00 p.m. Check out the timeline and topics below and check back as we continue to update it! Nairobi, Kenya 2:00 p.m. East Africa time / midnight Coordinated Universal time Topic: technology for social good. Coordinated Universal time Topic: tbd. Eastern time / 1:00 p.m.

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Things We Like (February 2011)

NTEN

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. Nice work, Louisiana. Read more posts on our blog. Classic chicken v egg: Is there more data because there are more techies? Or more techies because data keeps pouring out of the system faster than we can keep up? Window-licking foxes !